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Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

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"We should be looking at the whole of employment picture rather than focusing on just one dimension of it," he said.

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine said the Ford decision was disappointing.

"We're all disappointed with this decision by Ford," he told state parliament on Thursday.

Dr Napthine said the Victorian government had put $9 million on the table as part of a $45 million package with the previous Labor federal government to assist Ford workers.

The state government had also announced funding for an automotive program targeting new markets.

"When we first heard of this decision, we as a government worked closely with the then federal Labor government to put in place a range of programs to assist those workers, assist those communities and assist those families," Dr Napthine said.